everything. russian national memory of bullets in the is sentenced to eighteen months jail by u.s. federal court for failing to register as a foreign agent. but i don't think she's in jail shoulders of the baltics but that anyone who thinks that someone who wasn't russian would be in the situation is full of kernel a sense of defense for mation arms the sales of the yemeni war are filled in for questioning by french intelligence. a project of truly apic britain and germany hailed china's balance and road trading network initiative that's asked the countries to take part in a major economic forum on base which means plans.

coming to you live from moscow this is our team for national welcome to the program i use corridor has sentenced the russian national money of which in a to eighteen months in prison after she pleaded guilty to conspiring to act as an . agent her lawyer robert driscoll's spoke to the media after the sons and say. but you got an odd situation where maria could not have been prosecuted under civil farrah which is the one that everyone knows about through metaphor in other cases because she had no knowledge of the statute in order to truly prosecute under fair you need to have a willful violation so because of her lack of knowledge she ended up in charge of the more serious crime the foreign agent statute i think is an area that's ripe for reform but i don't know if i'd go that far then we have a overall

a good process in this country i don't think she's in jail for old because of politics but i think anyone who thinks that someone who wasn't russian would be in this situation is one so the sentence included the time within the has already spent in detention and so she will serve nine more months in prison khaled mopp and has more on the story those who were in the court room heard maria buton to give quite an emotional speech prior to her sentence being handed down she talked about how she came to the united states not as an agent or an operative but with purely good intentions and what a nightmare her family has been through this is some of what maria buton a said to the court my parents discovers my arrest on the morning news they're washed in the rural house in a savior and i love them dearly but at home the morally and financially they're suffering from all of that i destroyed my own life as well i came to the united states not under any orders but with who and now nothing remains but penitence. now

the prosecutors in the d.c. courtroom argued that somehow maria buton as activities with the national rifle association had somehow harmed the political process of the united states significantly they argued that by being an unregistered lobbyist and working behalf on behalf of the russian government inside the national rifle association that she was in severe violation of u.s. law and had somehow harmed due to us political system and done a great deal of damage now the judge did then hand down a sentence of eighteen months in federal prison now nine months of that will be time served that will be the time that she's been held since she was initially arrested so only nine months remaining in federal prison and then after that time she will be deported from the united states back to russia now what's interesting is that maria bhutto was swept up in the aftermath of the twenty sixteen u.s.

presidential elections in which talk of russian agents and russian meddling and russian subversion seemed to be quite widespread there was quite an atmosphere of fear and in that atmosphere she was swept up and it appears that now after months of being detained after quite a bit of time in which it was it was reported that she was held in solitary confinement in rather harsh conditions that she now has nine more months to serve in u.s. federal custody before she will be allowed to return home to her family so people are seeing this is kind of a conclusion to the case as at this point her lawyers are saying they will not appeal this verdict russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov has condemned the arrest that many of which in is the victim of america's internal politics the russian embassy in washington has also reacted to thing you said has demanded glutinous immediate release and described her as a political prisoner. ruble to me is a political prisoner a victim of

a repressive fields justice norms and provocation muslim wanted by the us postal service and we insist on our computer of innocence we demand immediate release. and we spoke to mary abolitionists lawyer about the case and the president sets. i think it's impossible to separate from from the politics i think that there is a an underlying crime that he pled guilty to which you can make out under u.s. law but i think the notion that this would have been investigated or in the rest would have been made for a typical foreign national who wasn't russian and wasn't in the current environment where in the us i think that it's almost impossible to believe that southern politics has a lot to do with the atmosphere of the case and it's one of those things where if the elements of the crime are there they were selectively enforced in this instance

i think it's hard to argue. the charge is unregistered agent it's not foreign it's not secret agent it's not intelligence agent it literally is just doing something for someone else as being their agent not of maria maria's activities in the us were illegal in and of themselves so there's no classified information there's no political sense of kind of information given she was not paid by by the russian federation her she was supported by americans while she was here financially so she was not a a paid employee of russia in any way she simply kept in touch with. people in russia including alexander torsion and that's what the u.s. focused on but there isn't a there was not any information or anything else she did that's i think remotely troublesome if you look at the record but she got caught up in this and she rushes

hysteria. i would fear that other countries will start applying the same the same standards and saying that any american who went abroad to another country and it was involved in civil society organizations and social and met people and networks that's really all we're talking about doing are talking about anything more serious than that and reported back on those activities some in the u.s. i think that you know there's been a reason why historically. you know these charges have only been brought against actual spies you know real as we knowledge agents which no one is contending in the government that maria was so i think it's very dangerous because if other countries adopt the same as you're going to get a tit for tat situation with countries grabbing civilians of other countries as leverage or for other reasons and i think it's a bad idea. three french journalists are to be grilled by the country's

intelligence services over was spent described as a breach of national defense secretary krissy that's after they publish sensitive data about weapons being used and the war in yemen. has more. they appear to have exposed a government line but now it's three journalists all the ones being investigated they've been summoned to appear before the french general directorate of internal security or the d.g.a. s.l.i. after appealing a confidential note from the country's intelligence services it showed the french government knew weapons that sold to saudi arabia and the united arab emirates were being used in the conflict in yemen a fact the government has repeatedly denied a war that's left thousands died and pushed millions to war to the brink of

starvation it's been described by the un as the world's worst humanitarian disaster. you're. the way this investigation by the d.g.'s only has provoked theory with journalists from thirty seven french outlets signing a letter defending their colleagues this document the publication of which in no way jeopardizes the safety of french agents on the ground was revealed because of its obvious interest to the public they have done only their job to bring to citizens attention information of public interest on the consequences of french arms sales at the center of all that this storm is

a classified by france's military agency the d r i'm real to these journalists it shows forty eight french sees a terrorist guns were being used along the sound the game in food that tanks and fighters sold to the u.a.e. . in action and it's miss our guiding technology may have been deployed as well it reveals french ships are serving in the blockade of the yemeni ports directly leading to diet food and medical shortages in additional battalion of sees a truck mounted how was this had been deployed the yemeni border on the saudi side to bring the number of cesar's in that area to forty eight as of the twenty fifth of september twenty eighth seen about forty you look tanks are observed in a fixed defensive position and advance positions in the west of the seventy or so tanks deployed by the u.a.e.

as part of the operation the french government has continued to repeat the line that weapons it sold to saudi and u.a.e. were only being used for defensive purposes but this note was written back in september contradicting those claims the concern now is that this investigation by french authorities is about putting pressure on these journalists to break their professions most. to reveal their sources charlotte even ski ulti paris political journalist and elizabeth gave us her start sunday league and why it's cause such concern for the french government. i don't think there's any kind of secret that french weapons are being used in yemen and you could very well argue the government has been saying this a briefing about this that since the civil war in yemen was started by rebels

against illegally installed government with the support of a foreign power iran this is indeed in defense of a state that's a member of the us it's the position of a number of people from your america britain saudi arabia etc i think what's different in this specific instance is the detailed nature of the report which is fascinating reading but it also ate meat makes it easier to place possible french agents on the ground so the french government feels that this has harmed it's not helping earned it's their position that's what they're defending themselves. and germany have praised china's plan for a massive global trading network known as the belt and throat initiative a forum for which has currently underway in beijing there are leaders from your asian countries and further afield have gathered to share their views on how to develop economic cooperation reporting from beijing here is

a good it's done enough. well i have to say it is more than just a forum more than just a place for people to meet to talk and sign documents no it is a statement by beijing and those countries and representatives of international bodies and leaders who have come here today who have come to beijing it is a statement that this is a new way to boost global prosperity and also it is far from being just a regional event for instance the bolton road initiative and this forum have been cautiously praised by the european union have a listen to both the mode initiative has tremendous potential to spread prosperity and sustainable development to achieve as it does potentially seventy percent of the world's population a project of truly epic ambition the u.k. is committed to helping to realize the potential of the belgian road and to doing so in a way which works for all of those whose lives are touched by the project in the big used seats we have agreed that we don't want to sign any by

a literal memorandums but together make necessary arrangements between the greater european economic area and the economic area of greater china we will take this promise seriously of this tone goes into a bit of a contrast with what the united states have been saying in fact washington has been one of the most stark opponents to the whole belt and road initiative because they see it as a threat to their dominance and here's why because thing is this forum is merely a tiny part of a much larger scheme a much grander vision beijing outlined its concept for the first time in twenty thirteen and since then it's been all about well investing into global infrastructure into building new major trade routes somewhat inspired by the you once prosperous silk road in fact he's a map showing you two key projects two key trade highways if i may say so that are being developed within the framework of of this belt and road initiative as for the

rushed. in leader vladimir putin he's of course here in beijing and when it comes to relations between moscow and china well of the two haven't really pulled any complements i should say when it comes to that and also both lattimer potentiating ping they shared their thoughts on why they think the belton road initiative is so important. we work together to promote the high quality development of one belt and one route we are told to the principle of extensive consultation joint contribution and shared benefits and after create multilateralism there's no word about it it's important to create an effective all in search of the risks of global economic political and technological space fragmentation and onset to the rise of protectionism the most dangerous form of which is the illegitimate one sided measures taken without any account from the un or even worse trade was well when it

comes to action besides her russia and china have already agreed to conduct joint military drills sometime in the near future they also announced the establishment of a new fund of a new investment fund and it is not it is said to gain of the net capital totally worth around one billion dollars and its key purpose is to streamline the process of investments of russia and china investments into projects within the framework of the bridge of the belts and road initiative and somewhat beyond that as well so i guess it is fair to say that russia for now has asia and its spotlight the us has decided to pull its support for a major global arms control treaty will it take you through that's right after the break.

join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i. speaking to us of the world of politics school business i'm show business i'll see you then. imagine that you run a blood bank and they in one room are dead patients they've been dead since two thousand and eight that would be j.p. morgan goldman sachs do it your bank b.n.p. society generali just b. c. etc and in the other room you have living middle class people and the point of blood bank is to take blood from the living middle class people and to transfuse that blood to the dead banks next door that they've been dead now for more than ten years well naturally the people that are in the middle class are going to start to suffer and suffer horribly and many of them will die by the way they won't be getting any of the blood from the other middle class people to keep them alive all the blood all the plasma goes to the dead.

i. we want to get rid of the nuclear weapons that's the message from donald trump and now wide ranging interview where he also welcomed moscow's out for its two held denuclearize the korean peninsula the u.s. president to name two countries that must also scrap there and tomic arsenals who want to get rid of it to clear weapons we will have to get russia has to get rid of them and child i was to get rid of. trump's call comes just a day after the opposite message from the palin guns top policy official deputy undersecretary david trachtenberg u.s. nuclear forces will be ramped up as they play catch up to beijing and moscow adding

he would try to counter russia's confidence. we're trying to take some modest steps in order to lower russia's sense of confidence that what they are doing gives them some kind of exploitable advantage that could lead to a miscalculation on their part that we absolutely do not want to see the issue is increasing concern after the u.s. and russia stand as participation in the eye enough treaty eliminating intermediate range nuclear forces we spoke to arms control expert margo burt about the current rhetoric. we are seeing a new arms race or resurgence of the arms race that it's been developing over several years and it's got a lot of people alarmed hopefully including the president but when i hear him making these statements i think we're in danger of falling into two traps one is to put too much faith donald trump is really going to achieve something major in arms

control when in fact it seems as though there isn't much substance it's very reminiscent of the kim summits where they met twice and they've handshake to may have grinned but they haven't agreed on anything substantial. and the second is the all or nothing trap this notion that we have to have one big deal that's going to solve all our problems so it's i think a good thing if everybody gets together and has and ambitious agenda of talks and look at all these issues but if we say that we have to have one big deal and solve all our problems or once then we're probably not going to get any deal at all meanwhile donald trump has also pledged to withdraw america's support for a landmark u.n. treaty regulating global arms sales the u.s. presidents made the announcement to a jubilant crowd at an angle meeting of the powerful national rifle association gun lobby. my reduced ratio will never ratified the arms trade treaty

and i am officially announcing today that the united states will be revoking. the effect. of america's signature from this badly misguided treatment we're taking in our signature back the united nations arms trade treaty aims to promote a global peace and stability and requires that signatories and sure that the weapons they are exporting do not end up in the wrong hands more than one hundred countries have ratified the deal the us signed up to it under barack obama but never formally joined the un has responded to the trumpet ministrations decision to drop its support for the deal the arms trade treaty is the only global instrument aimed at improving transparency and accountability in the international arms trade it is a landmark achievement in the efforts to ensure responsibility in international

arms transfers this is particularly important in present times when we witness growing international tensions and renewed interest in expanding and modernizing arsenals investigative reporter dave lindorff told us that he believes trump took the decision to galvanize his support base. the biggest supplier of arms in the world is the us and it isn't just a signatory so the fact that trump is cancelling that signature is a grandstanding actually to his his what he considers his electoral basis because the senate never read a fight a treaty and so it's not in effect the united states doesn't to be their world court it doesn't accept the jurisdiction of the world court it doesn't feel obliged to follow the geneva convention relating to war and genocide so tearing up the is this presidential signature which obama put on it really

doesn't have any significant change in the u.s. position. and the first ever summit spittoons lattimer put in and can john own concluded it's and vladivostok on thursday and was described as a productive meeting but the north korean leader decided to stay on in russia for another day our correspondent might have an arson and try to find out how he spent it. after the historic first ever a get together between putin and key was over the strangest thing happened the north korean leader decided to stay a little bit longer here in this russian far east import of ledge of us talk why no one can say it's a beautiful friendly city maybe he might feel at home here especially given that he's home is not far from here just one hundred thirty kilometers away this is russia's shortest international border just seventeen kilometers there are several

stops and teams off to puting program here and pledge of us stuff including visiting these historic submarine known as as fifty six world war two veteran famous for fighting successfully not safely back in nineteen thirty nine forty five with laying flowers to world war two memorial not far from this submarine to commemorate those who died in that what a conflict was number one stall but the last minute the north korean leader has sold it with no explanation. two hours later when the flowers were delayed and people killed in the world will to commemorate it all of a sudden again with no explanation keane decided to go back to his initial plan now we're going to the city center and we got lucky to have a seat in he's cortege our car is number nine you can see it here there are many cars and actually he brought. big delegation with him.

and one member of he's delegation is satan right now in our car. by you know we share the car with him but can we feel need can we talk. ok yes he doesn't want to be filmed. here we go we have back to the city center to the world war two memorial where we are. i have been waiting for keane this morning as go. through a special ceremony here. he's walking towards the memorial. yeah you can see him. he's trademarked cat. he took his hat off right now.

we'll go and try to talk to you now. going off. on all of. eventually the program was shortened dramatically and after the flowers we jump back to our cars so you know submarine newmarket no see it's are for mr king. and we're driving somewhere and we don't know where it could be rest or end or hotel or railway station we're back to our car number nine and we found another member of games delegation here and we're going to try to talk to him again where are we going now. where you think we go. while this man is full of surprises even the member of he's delegation doesn't know where we go in. wow. we arrived to an authentic russian restaurant outside the

us talks. team is expected to have dinner here with the governor off region but. we were advised to stay in the car. i know national income is taking. historic visit to russia he's now getting to each and every one to talk to you just one word. how did you find russia one a word please we went to what one day. he's going home and around seven hours when they reach the border with north korea and then this special train will continue its journey on the north korean territory so that's it they're watching our international will be back with an update and a half an hour. what

is bitcoin coin is magic and the new type of digital currency the centralized digital scarcity chancellor i'm bringing a second bailout for bank that's called that got us a lot for a reason to coin a civil disobedience a source of optimism because i can control my own financial destiny it's just a new way of coming to consensus it's a game changer in the human history this is columbus discovering a new world this paradigm shifting technology that transforms economics and finance in a heartbeat the apollo eleven landing on the moon to the max and stacey. manufactured sentenced to public will. when the ruling classes protect

them so. when the crime and. lives and we do. we can all middle of the room sick. imagine that you run a blood bank and in one room are dead patients they've been dead since two thousand and eight that would be j.p. morgan goldman sachs deutsche bank b.n.p. societies generali h.s.b.c. except in the other room you have living middle class people and the point of blood bank is to take blood from the living middle class people and to transfuse that blood to the dead banks next door that they've been dead now for more than ten years in the people that are in the middle class are going to. start to suffer and suffer horribly and many of them will die by the way they won't be getting any of

the blood from the other middle class people to keep them alive all the blood all the plasma goes to the dead but. also the government has created a platform against this dialogue because that does not allow any compromise invent platform talks about serving crimes how serbia should be war iterations. being in. its cost it was simply things that everything is already over when they wake up from the illusions that they will have to face it several reality with. facebook and google started with a great idea and great ideals unfortunately there was also a very dark side. they are constructing a profile of you and that profile is to rio it's detailed and it never goes away.